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Elections in J&K and the Situation in POK
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The J&K Assembly elections have seen hectic round of campaigning by different political parties. The Lok Sabha elections in May saw an unprecedented high voter turn-out of 58.46% in J&K. The first phase of Assembly elections saw a higher voter turn-o....

September 23, 2024 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Pakistan , Water , Article 370 , Gilgit Baltistan , PDP , Eectricity , J & K Elections , National Conference
Armed Forces Need to be Prepared for War in Order to Preserve Peace
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

(Title of the article is taken from the Statement made by Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh at the Joint Commanders Conference in Lucknow, on 05 Sep 2024.) Wars have remained ageless, timeless and a dynamic paradox, though they are messy, w....

September 13, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , India , Pakistan , China , C4ISR , Battlefield transparency , combat military capabilities , Kill Web
On Road to Integrated Theatre Commands
Lt Gen Anil Ahuja, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM & BAR (Retd.) - Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Reports emanating from the Joint Commanders Conference (JCC) held at Lucknow on 04-05 September 2024 suggest that a blueprint for the proposed Integrated Theatre Commands (ITC) has been formulated by the services and presented to the Raksha Mantri (R....

September 10, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , PLA , Raksha Mantri , Integrated Theatre Commands , Joint Commanders Conference , Joint Logistics Nodes , Theatrisation
Building Air Bridges of Friendship
Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has hosted the largest-ever International Air Exercise that mainland Asia has seen in over six decades. Participants in the Exercise ‘Tarang Shakti’ (Wave Power)-2024 included ten countries as active participant....

August 29, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Indian Air Force , Tarang Shakti , Air power in regional security , Collective approach to creating deterrence , China air power intimidation , India key role consolidating regional air security
Kargil After 25 Years: Assessing Technological Impact on India’s Armed Forces
Pankaj Phanase Commentary

The Kargil war of 1999 was not just a conflict between two traditional rivals but a major direct confrontation between two nuclear powers that had defied global norms by conducting nuclear tests. This saga was catalysed by technological achievements,....

August 22, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Commentary , Israel , technology , surveillance , Intelligence , Kargil War
Book Discussion on Terror Financing in Kashmir

On 01 August 2024, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted a comprehensive book discussion on Dr Abhinav Pandya’s book titled Terror Financing in Kashmir. Under the aegis of Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF, the event brought toge....

August 09, 2024 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Book Discussions , FATF , Kashmir , Terror Financing , UN , Bharat
Indian Army’s Transformation: The Dilemma between Qualitative and Quantitative Transition
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

A lot has been written of Indian Military’s ongoing modernisation and transformation, both terms used interchangeably. Truth is these terms differ in their purpose and impact, magnitude and scope. Military modernisation refers to acquisitions of m....

July 29, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , PLA , Army Modernisation , ISR , Satellite , EW , military transformation , Operational readiness , system destruction
Defence Technology Ecosystem for Aatmanirbhar Bharat

This report is an outcome of a study conducted by the Vivekananda International Foundation to find out the causes of shortfall in performance and work out recommendations for further reforms in the defence sector. This study was conducted in four com....

July 26, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Technological and Scientific Studies , Make in India , Defence technology , Defence Exports , Ecosystem , Aatmanirbhar Bahrat , Defence R&D , MoD Organisations
India’s Climate Policy
Dr J.R. Bhatt, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

The 1990s were a time of global change. The fall of the Berlin Wall led to Francis Fukuyama arguing in The End of History and the Last Man that western liberal democracy had triumphed and there was to be nothing thereafter in the developmental....

July 15, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Governance and Political Studies , Climate Change , Climate Change , Development , Environment , mitigation , adaptation , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , India's Climate Policy , Determinants and Evolution
Deepfakes: A Threat to National Security in the Digital Era
Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

मिथ्याज्ञानं तमोगुणः संशयात्मा यदा जायते। तदा जगदिदं सर्वं भ्रान्तं व्यामोहमोहितम्॥ (Engli....

July 11, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Article , India , Pakistan , US , China , economy , technology , Terrorism , Japan , AI , Political , Bharat , Cyber , ML , Deepfake , Unreal , GAN , Neural , Defence Security
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